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Guilford County Facts

Census Statistics

	Guilford County	North Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	433,789	8,407,248
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.0%	4.5%
Population, 2000	421,048	8,049,313
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	21.2%	21.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.6%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.7%	24.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.8%	12.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.1%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	64.5%	72.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	29.3%	21.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.8%	2.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.5%	1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.8%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	62.9%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	49.4%	53.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.5%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	9.2%	8.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	83.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	30.3%	22.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	74,728	1,540,365
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.4	24.0?
Housing units, 2002	189,272	3,707,129
Homeownership rate, 2000	62.7%	69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.4%	16.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$116,900	$108,300?
Households, 2000	168,667	3,132,013
Persons per household, 2000	2.41	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$42,618	$39,184
Per capita money income, 1999	$23,340	$20,307
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.6%	12.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	13,615	204,075
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	262,272	3,431,554
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.4%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	25,828	462,182
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	10,546,411	161,900,477
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	5,179,260	72,356,763
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$13,546	$9,740
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.0%	10.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.5%	24.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	4,653	79,824
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,121,720	48,179,775
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	649	48,711
Persons per square mile, 2000	648.3	165.2
Metropolitan Area	Greensboro--Winston-	?
FIPS Code	081	37

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